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Topics: 1. Pre-election questionnaire, September – October 1972: state of the economy; political interest, media exposure and attention; party preferences; government and opposition performance; position on politics toward the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic (GDR); satisfaction with democracy; political knowledge: awareness of political figures; sympathy scale: chancellor candidates; sympathy scale: parties; turnout and vote choice; government and coalition preference; chancellor candidate preference; better candidate for minister of economic affairs; effects of party win on personal financial situation; most important problems in the country; party performance on most important problems; party identification; expected winner of the coming elections; interest in labor unions. Demography: age; sex; marital status; occupation; employment status; education; head of household; employment status and occupation of head of household; size of household; number of persons aged 18 and over; number of persons in the household with independent income; household income; respondent or someone else in the household is a refugee or an expellee; union member in the household; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; type of town (degree of urbanization); respondent lives in an area with new housing developments. 2. Pre-election questionnaire, October - November 1972: state of the economy; political interest, media exposure and attention; party preferences; government and opposition performance; position on politics toward the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic (GDR); satisfaction with democracy; political knowledge: awareness of political figures; sympathy scale: chancellor candidates; sympathy scale: parties; turnout and vote choice; government and coalition preference; chancellor candidate preference; better candidate for minister of economic affairs; effects of party win on personal financial situation; most important problems in the...